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  <title><![CDATA[L'Etranger. Albert Camus]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Michel Mougenot]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read it in French and it is indescribable. Camus' fine sarcasm is the great triumph of this story, amongst other qualitites.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Feb 10 11:41:42 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read it first in high school and didn't really get it.  But after marrying a philosopher, I think I understand it more.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Dec 02 22:40:17 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[i am trucking through this translation. it's tough when you're stupid!]]></body>
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    <review id="39945723">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 12 09:03:18 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[reading an old classic. been talkin a lot about french existentialism. that time of year to delve into something depressing like that again.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39945723]]></url>
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    <review id="43608226">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 19 13:22:53 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 19 13:23:32 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just really great! You can read the English version too.]]></body>
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    <review id="43670690">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good french classic. It's in english too.]]></body>
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    <review id="41581407">
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    <body><![CDATA[Um dos melhores livros que já li na vida. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41581407]]></url>
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    <review id="77505758">
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 11 20:10:13 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 11 20:10:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best books i've ever read.]]></body>
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    <review id="43393385">
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    <body><![CDATA[Read Portuguese translation. ]]></body>
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    <review id="31692199">
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The main character was much more in tune with his natural desires than most members of society. This man had little concern with morals or for anyone else for that matter. He was emotionally detached from his mother, his girlfriend, and all of his friends. I think he represents the truth about life,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31692199">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="37641382">
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    <name><![CDATA[Saeede]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[mash, Iran, Islamic Republic of]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Albert CAMUS s'explique dans une dernière interview : <br/><br/>«...J'ai résumé L'Étranger, il y a longtemps, par une phrase dont je reconnais qu'elle est très paradoxale : 'Dans notre sociéte tout homme qui ne pleure pas à l'enterrement de sa mère risque d'être condamné à mort.' ]]></body>
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    <review id="18752028">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 27 08:13:47 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 27 08:16:53 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like all assigned summer reading, it was depressing.  However, it was also in French, so I didn't quite understand it.  Our discussion during French class didn't really help because, like all other assigned summer reading, we ignored it once the school year started.]]></body>
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    <review id="23781863">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nikki]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was going to be pretentious, and write this review in French, but then I lost my nerve. It was easy enough to read with A Level proficiency at the language. I didn't get very interested in the characters in themselves, but the concepts are interesting.]]></body>
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    <review id="16297719">
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    <name><![CDATA[Amy]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Feb 24 22:34:53 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 24 22:36:51 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in French my senior year of high school.  Classic example of French Existentialism, although not my favorite literary style, I enjoyed this novel both when I read it in the original language and when I read it in English later that same year.]]></body>
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    <review id="36869729">
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    <name><![CDATA[Karen]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Nov 03 19:48:43 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Had to read this in Grade 12 for French class--it was one of the only books they made us read that I actually liked (so much better than &quot;Bonheur d'Occasion&quot;--or &quot;The Tin Flute&quot;--by Gabrielle Roy...)]]></body>
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    <review id="18015177">
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    <name><![CDATA[Toby]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[french students, philosophy buffs, people looking for a good, if dark, quick read]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 30 06:38:24 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazing economy of language, interspersed with moments of beautiful, florid images at times.  Good, quick read.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="29294136">
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    <body><![CDATA[I did this book at A Level and loved it. Camus brings you to the heat and sunlight of Algeria.Excellent.]]></body>
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    <review id="10636352">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tomw]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Dec 18 11:41:15 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yes, I read it in the original French, for a college course. It reminds me of Hemingway's sparse style.]]></body>
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    <review id="34181537">
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    <name><![CDATA[Christiana]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Enh, it was ok. I'm just not that much into symbolism, so I'm afraid some was lost on me.]]></body>
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    <review id="22353007">
    <user id="720065">
    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Can you believe I had never read it?  A great plaidoirie contre la peine de mort]]></body>
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